42-3352 Virgin's Delight
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FRE 824
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3352) nicknamed "Virgin's Delight" flies in formation with fellow aircraft of the 94th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: ''53031 AC - Boeing B-17's in flight revealing new bomb racks U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO - 1361st Photographic Squadron Aerospace Audio-Visual Services (MAC).' First handwritten caption on reverse: '26/9 no Bombing- weather. 26/9/43' Second handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17 Flying Fortress 6737. 3 of 6 pics.'
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Delivered Denver 15/5/43; Dow Fd 7/7/43; Assigned 410BS/94BG [GL-V] Rougham 7/43; Missing in Action Solingen 29/11/43 with Walter Chyle (Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Bob Foster, Navigator: Burgess Overbey, Bombardier: Pete Maximowicz, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Herb Owens, Radio Operator: Delmar Best, Ball turret gunner: Buford Edwards, Waist gunner: Vince Osadchy, Waist gunner: Bill Ross, Tail gunner: Floyd Frye (9 Killed in Action); hit by flak and enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, SW of Borkum Is, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 1186. VIRGIN'S DELIGHT.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16073426
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-742240
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18153495
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-736502
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36703203
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
18500 E 6th Ave, Aurora, CO 80011, USA | 15 May 1943 | Delivered Denver AAF 15-May-43. |
Crashed |
SW of Borkum, Germany | 29 November 1943 | Missing in Action Solingen 29-Nov-43 hit by flak and enemy aircraft, crashed North Sea, SW of Borkum Is, Germany. 1 x POW, 9 x KIA MACR 1186. |
Manufactured |
Evansville, IN, USA | Built at Douglas. | |
Assigned |
Rougham, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30, UK | Assigned 410BS, 94BG, 8AF Rougham Jul-43. |